New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-20
or five hour. each, are devoted simply to reading tho

or nye hours each, devoted simply to reading tho
parts and the arrangement of the various entrances
and exits, passing from that to the deveiopment oi
the stage business" I'm general until at say the sxtn
rehearsal one act Is called perfect" and the company
Is expected to lay aside the books. Ono act after
another is thus perfected in of successive
rchosas, and the last three arc given with costumes
stage setting gS oc ree al on that the on the
opening night there shall DO nothing not even a
newly placed footetool or rug.tha Is unfamiliar TO
anco OF their parts Usually, when an actor puters
I'm his lines It is ascribed to imperfect memorizing
II is likely to be occasiOned By somo dlstractns
novelty In his surroundings. Az tho rehearsals pro-
cced-eac of them covering long hours OF hard worth
Mr. DAILY wi hdraws from tho stage to the auditorium
ard gradually get. further and further OIL broadening
the stage effect and getting new perspective from
The costumng of play IS an important feature;
arc harncniou.ly prepared after artistic sketches
by capable designer iIdcr Mr. DAYS tyo' ana
Of the sbrcw." or abroad those for tho forth.
coming Midsummer Nights Drar,' In PARIS; ~
and the ladies 20 to their own drossmaKers; lhls
s2f c Of to h o Costume a% f pctaro MS
Limitation is that of color tho scheme for which, In
Day' and the 1hoco among tho selected coors Is
mado b. tho ladies' In tho order OF their professional
With preparation as elaborate, as careful as method
Teal a. this, company approaches tho duties OF a
st night |Ir I'm nrdro sC rn THE members OF
have already been over every step OF tho ground
literally every step, for their entrances ana exts thei
crossings and groupings, all of which appear 10 th9
sprc so natural and Unconscious. arc caicuia,en
closely for the effect to be produced From the as
tribuon of parts to the final production everything
has be adapted to the end In view. The moro fcat
OF memOrZIng has been performed by the company
on system often enough to have trained tho memory
vet not often confuse II. The time alOfcd 10
preparation has been calculated 70 avoid either extrems
that OF hasty and slpshod work that OK tiIeSomc
repetition
WHY SUCCESS SUCCEEDS
So Il appears that there many things Tor q man.
agcr TO think OF besides buying his play, hiring MS
company printing his show bills and counting pay
ing houses 1t Is to elaborate, systematic work llKe
what has been described that Mr. DAILY owes such re-
suits as led "Tho London Athcn9um" to say: Tho
stage of England ard France has moro to learn rom
"A company like Mr.. Days than to teach IT," During
his tour f. Germany, the German pubic came 10 the
theatre curious to SEQ why an American company had
made successes OF plays that In their original product
ion in German theatres had been decided TOSts, a.
the professional slang dcsignates a failure.
II is a fresh Illustration OF tho truth that conscl-
cntlos and Intelligent work will tell uscnl lesson
IN managers who think that money and wei situated
theatre are the Alpha and Omega OF the business as
well a. to actors who expect 10 leap rom private lfc
into the front rank Of professional success on the
strenh Of native gcnius and revelation 10 inc pup
lie of the self denial and exactng labor when are the
conditions under which the mirror Is held up
to nature for It's dcectation